Hans-Christoph Berndt, the AfD's lead candidate for the Brandenburg state election, casts his vote at a polling station. Frank Hammerschmidt/dpa 29,933 people played the daily Crossword recently ...

First projections in state elections in the eastern German state of Brandenburg give the Social Democrats a slim lead over the far-right AfD in the race to be the largest party. Follow DW for more.

After the Brandenburg election, AfD co-leader Alice Weidel said the party was “extremely satisfied with the results,” which the SPD premier of Brandenburg, Dietmar Woidke, described as a ...

Polls opened on Sunday in the German state of Brandenburg, where the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is projected to finish first, aiming to build on recent successes in other eastern ...

The vote in Brandenburg comes three weeks after the Russia-friendly AfD became the first far-right party to top a state election in Germany since World War II. IE 11 is not supported.

The anti-immigration AfD party could see its winning streak come to a halt this weekend, when results from a single poll in the Brandenburg region will have ramifications for the entire continent ...

Germans in the state of Brandenburg were voting in a regional election on Sunday with the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) expected to finish first, building on successes in other eastern ...

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has once again seen strong electoral gains.. In the state election in Brandenburg, which surrounds Germany's capital, Berlin, the AfD received 29.2% of ...

After coming second in the Brandenburg state vote on Sunday and winning the Thuringia state election this month, Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party now commands a blocking ...

The AfD won in Thuringia and may be on to win in Brandenburg, but without a majority of seats it needs coalition partners to govern. With parties wedded to the firewall, the AfD has thus far been ...

Campaign posters for the AfD and SPD outside of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp memorial in Oranienburg, Brandenburg, Germany in September 2024. Photo by Jake Wasserman ...